Week 13
28th November- 4th December 2011
Please forgive the delayed blogs. I have been unwell with intestinal amoebas and I had a reaction to the doxcyclin anti-malarial I am taking causing my stomach to become mega acidic and rendering me unable to eat. Other than that we are all fine! As I write this on the 15th December we are excited about christmas coming in less than 2 weeks and wish everyone back home a very merry christmass!
At the beginning of this week I was recoverinng from a cold (more illness)! School has been very fun this week as we have been trying to teach a class how to sing ´we wish you a merry christmas´ for the school christmas show on the 23rd of December. Those of you who have had the priviledge of hearing Robin sing may be interested to know that he to will be honing his beautiful singing skills for this event as well! The school is in full christmas swing with tinsel and mini christmas trees decorating the rooms. Unlike England the majority of people in Ecuador celebrate Christmas at midnight on the 24th December and unlike british schools the schools in Santo Domingo will not have any vacations.
We cooked for all of Carlos´s family on thurs 1st December, other than buying way to much pasta, meat, bread and sauce than was needed it went well. After the meal came the usual game of pulling numbers out of the hat to try and get the men to do the washing up unfortunatly it was another blow for the ladies who ended up washing all the plates and utensils outside. Carlos´s family have been and continue to be incredibly generous to us so on sunday we helped Carlos´s son (Ceasar, who lives next door) with some ´Minga´(community work party). We helped clear Ceasar´s garden, essentially mowing/ removing the lawn but using machetes instead of a lawn mower. It was a hot day so afterwards the whole family went on a much needed trip to the rio. Carlos´s family seem to have taken a liking to joking about Mathambero one of the robbers, here is a sample of them:
- Ceasar showing us a picture of all the men of the family with mud on their faces and asking which one is mathambero
-Enoah saying that her sister is a robber and has gone to join Mathambero
- Pati telling Enoah to shut the door not to let Mathambero in. Which sends her flying to the door to slam it shut.
Check out this week´s pictures by clicking on this LINK.
Please pray for our ongoing health and safety this week.
Love from Ecuador xxx
Other moments that have made us laugh this week:
- Robin dragging two children down the hall as they refused to let go of his leg.
-Robin stripping to his boxers in the middle of a busy market to try on some trousers.
- Rather hilariously we have discovered that Ecuadorians have a deep love of Mr. Bean! This was discovered after Carlos´s family spent most of the day laughing about there favourite bits and watching them on you tube in the evening.
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